• Wilderness Environ Med · Nov 1997

    Review

    Primary amebic meningoencephalitis: a review of the clinical literature.

    • W Hannisch and L F Hallagan.
    • Yellowstone Park Medical Services, Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190, USA.
    • Wilderness Environ Med. 1997 Nov 1;8(4):211-3.

    AbstractPrimary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) is a rapidly progressive and potentially fatal infection frequently contracted by swimming in bodies of warm fresh water. The etiological agent in most reported cases of PAM is the ameboflagellate Naegleria fowleri. Infection with this organism closely mimics and is often mistaken for a bacterial or a viral pyogenic meningitis. Recovery is rare and depends on rapid diagnosis and treatment. Physicians treating individuals who present with an acute pyogenic meningitis should consider the diagnosis of PAM, particularly if the patient has a recent history of swimming in warm fresh water. We review the recent literature for cases of PAM and the discuss ecology of N. fowleri and the clinical presentation, diagnosis, and treatment of PAM.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…